Men's Soccer Sweeps ECAC Awards
CENTERVILLE, Mass. (Dec. 22, 2011) – The Eastern College Athletic Conference Thursday announced the 2011 ECAC Division II Men's Soccer All-Stars. The C.W. Post Pioneers, members of the East Coast Conference (ECC), swept the major awards. Sophomore
Cemil Turan (Staten Island, N.Y.) won ECAC Offensive Player of the Year, as fellow sophomore
Marco Jorgensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) received the Defensive Player of the Year award. Freshman
Eivind Austboe (Stavanger, Norway) was awarded Rookie of the Year, and
Eirik Bjoernoe (Randberg, Norway),
Leron Haywood (Rosedale, N.Y.) and
Andreas Olson (Oppeid, Norway) were selected as ECAC All-Stars.
The voting was done by the coaches or their designee in the ECAC Division II membership.
Turan, a three-time ECC Offensive Player of the Week, was second on the team and in the conference in points scored (32), points per game (1.60) and goals (14). Leading the team and the ECC in game-winning goals (7), the sophomore helped the Pioneers to the NCAA tournament as an at-large bid, advancing to the second round of the East Regional.
Austboe was an offensive force for the Pioneers and the ECC, leading the conference in goals scored (16), goals per game (0.80), points (34) and points per game (1.70). Scoring a hat-trick in a 4-1 win on Sept. 20, the freshman and four-time ECC Rookie of the Week helped the Pioneers finish the 2011 season with a 17-3-1 record.
Jorgensen was awarded Defensive Player of the Year after leading the ECC in saves (93) and save percentage (.845). Jorgensen also finished second in the conference with six shutouts, finishing the season with a 17-3-1 record. The sophomore highlighted his season in two key back-to-back shutout wins over Molloy and Queens (N.Y.) in November, recording 14 saves during that stretch.
2011 ECAC Division II Men's Soccer All-Stars
Offensive Player of the Year:
Cemil Turan, So., F, C.W. Post (East Coast Conference)
Defensive Player of the Year:
Marco Jorgensen, So., GK, C.W. Post (East Coast Conference)
Rookie of the Year:
Eivind Austboe, Fr., F, C.W. Post (East Coast Conference)
ECAC All-Stars
Back: Eirik Bjoernoe, So., C.W. Post (East Coast Conference)
Back: Leron Haywood, So., C.W. Post (East Coast Conference)
Back: Hylton Davis, Sr., Post (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Back: Tom Reilly, Sr., Franklin Pierce (Northeast-10 Conference)
Midfield: Andreas Olson, Jr., C.W. Post (East Coast Conference)
Midfield: Diego Tabares, Sr., Franklin Pierce (Northeast-10 Conference)
Midfield: Paul Templeton, Sr., Southern Connecticut St. (Northeast-10 Conference)
Forward: Cemil Turan, So., C.W. Post (East Coast Conference)
Forward: Billy Colton, Sr., Mercyhurst (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference)
Forward: Michael Spadine, So., Le Moyne (Northeast-10 Conference)
Goalkeeper: Marco Jorgensen, So., C.W. Post (East Coast Conference)